[imp] Spellcheck

[Jason Bradley Nance]

I have found that I am unable to execute any binaries in PHP 4.3.2 when
safe mode i on.  It is as if the safe_mode_exec_dir is being ignored.  I
couldn't even use sendmail with imp (had to swap to smtp delivery).

j


On Wed, 2003-08-27 at 12:53, Lord Apollyon wrote:
> >   I have placed ispell in the safe mode exec directory in php.ini,
> > restarted apache, and ensured that the apache user and group have the 
> > proper permissions to the ispell binary in the safe mode directory.  I
> > speficied the absolute and relative path and what I get is a result saying
> > the spell check is complete, but obvious errors are not caught.. Disable
> > safe mode and it works.
> 
> Add the following to the above:
> 
> 1) Copied (not symlinked) the entire pspell (and ispell wrapper) binaries
> (which are really called aspell) to Safe_mode Binary directory. Fixed up any
> paths within scripts to be absolute. (CHECK) 
> 
> 1A) Tried completely absolute and relative path specifications within the
> imp/config/conf.php setting. (CHECK)
> 
> 2) Ensured owner/group privs on all pspell files matched horde/imp .php
> pages and were legible to the webserver's processes (CHECK)
> 
> 3) Added LANG and LANGUAGE to the allowed environment vars to be altered by
> PHP... (CHECK) [along with "TZ", this silences warnings successfully]
> 
> 4) Configured the imp/conf.php file's usage of the spell check command to
> ensure ISPELL compatibility mode (implicitly expected by the code) is
> enabled, and echo'ed command lines to a text file to ensure they met
> expectations. (CHECK)
> 
> 5) Enlarged memory and execution time limits past reasonable prudence.
> 
> Results: 
> 
> Safe_Mode ON:: No spelling check functionality at all.  No errors logged in
> either webserver or horde logs.  You can click on the spell-check button,
> but it always says everything's spelled correctly.  It's as if the command
> is executed, but generates no output and returns with a 0 status (no-error).
> It was at about this time I had to be pressing on to my daily spleen flensing.
> 
> Safe_Mode OFF:: Clicking on the spell check button has the desired effect,
> showing all spelling mistakes taking into account the user's language
> preference.  Proper English users don't have to suffer "color", etc.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> =Apollyon=
>